I am from North Providence, RI. I currently live in Narragansett, RI. My major field of study is biology in the high school setting. I am student teaching at Narragansett High School. My interests include basketball, watching movies, and exercising. At this point of my training, I am pretty open to teaching in any environment within a high school setting. I am looking forward to student teaching. I am curious to find out my strengths and areas for improvement.
The purpose of this unit is for students to learn and explain the role of DNA and RNA in the transmission of genetic information to cells. The students will be able to describe the similarities and differences between RNA and DNA, by understanding the building blocks of these two nucleic acids. Once the students understand the structure of DNA, they will learn and describe the process of DNA replication, which happens prior to mitosis and meiosis.
Using their knowledge from above, the students will learn and explain how the information in the DNA bases is used to create proteins. The students will learn and describe how genetic information is transferred from DNA to RNA (transcription). The students will then be able to describe how a protein can be formed using the information in the RNA bases (translation). The unit will end by allowing the students to explain how the information in DNA is used in a real world application.
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Student Teaching Information
A. First Student Teaching Placement
School: Narragansett High School
Principal: Jeff Smith
Sci Dept Head: Rosiland Butziger
Office secretary(s):
Custodian(s):
Who do you call when sick or dying?
What are the phone numbers?
Cooperating Teacher: Kathleen Couchon
Akash Shah
I am from North Providence, RI. I currently live in Narragansett, RI. My major field of study is biology in the high school setting. I am student teaching at Narragansett High School. My interests include basketball, watching movies, and exercising. At this point of my training, I am pretty open to teaching in any environment within a high school setting. I am looking forward to student teaching. I am curious to find out my strengths and areas for improvement.
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Why study Nucleic Acids?
The purpose of this unit is for students to learn and explain the role of DNA and RNA in the transmission of genetic information to cells. The students will be able to describe the similarities and differences between RNA and DNA, by understanding the building blocks of these two nucleic acids. Once the students understand the structure of DNA, they will learn and describe the process of DNA replication, which happens prior to mitosis and meiosis.Using their knowledge from above, the students will learn and explain how the information in the DNA bases is used to create proteins. The students will learn and describe how genetic information is transferred from DNA to RNA (transcription). The students will then be able to describe how a protein can be formed using the information in the RNA bases (translation). The unit will end by allowing the students to explain how the information in DNA is used in a real world application.
Please see my unit.
Student Teaching Information
A. First Student Teaching Placement
School: Narragansett High SchoolPrincipal: Jeff Smith
Sci Dept Head: Rosiland Butziger
Office secretary(s):
Custodian(s):
Who do you call when sick or dying?
What are the phone numbers?
Cooperating Teacher: Kathleen Couchon